Mombasa doctor recounts wrong TB diagnosis 17 years ago

Ms Caroline Menganga Joseph at her home in Tudor, Mombasa County. Dr. John examined Ms Caroline in 1999 and discovered that she had been wrongfully diagnosed with Tuberculosis at Pandya Memorial Hospital in Mombasa and wrongfully treated with a toxic anti-biotic. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

A nurse was put on tuberculosis treatment because she had a persistent cough and blood-stained sputum, a doctor told a court.

“She first came to me with complaints of coughing up blood-stained sputum in November 1998. I did sputum test, blood test, Mantoux test and chest X-ray... The findings were negative for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) and chest X-ray showed no sign of PTB," Dr Fathiya Abdalla told told Mombasa Senior Principal Magistrate Francis Kymbia.